Table 6.

The analysis of variance for initial fluorescence (F₀), variable fluorescence (Fv), quantum efficiency of photosystem II—(Fv/Fm), maximum fluorescence (Fm), and stem diameter (SD), at 150 days after transplanting, of sour passion fruit grown under irrigation with water of different levels of electrical conductivity, application methods, and concentrations of ascorbic acid.

Source of Variation	DF	Mean Squares
		F0	Fv	Fv/Fm	Fm	SD
Application methods (M)	2	238.9 ns	6414.7 ns	0.000088 ns	6191.90 ns	0.348 ns
Ascorbic acid (AsA)	2	1629 ns	24,939 ns	0.000089 ns	75,752.7 **	4.870 **
Electrical conductivity (ECw)	1	9414 **	42,056 *	0.001645 *	158,437 **	30.31 **
Interaction (M × AsA × ECw)	4	1027 ns	43,150 ns	0.000664 ns	2238.27 ns	0.905 ns
Interaction (M × AsA)	4	514.4 ns	2198.4 ns	0.00019 ns	19,700.7 **	1.308 ns
Interaction (M × ECw)	2	1094 ns	3404.7 ns	0.000252 ns	8583.72 ns	1.054 ns
Interaction (AsA × ECw)	2	2086 ns	3230.2 ns	0.0000006 ns	11,268.05 ns	1.499 *
Blocks	2	225.6	11,128	0.00083	2238.27	0.082
Residual	34	601.7	6975.09	0.00040	3343.65	0.375
CV (%)		5.10	5.70	2.58	3.05	4.02

^ns, *, ** respectively non-significant and significant at p ≤ 0.05 and p ≤ 0.01. CV—coefficient of variation, DF—degrees of freedom.